愈 yù — heal; the more...the more; to recover; better; heal
他的伤口已经慢慢愈合了。Tā de shāng kǒu yǐ jīng màn màn yù hé le.His wound has slowly healed.
Common words: 治愈 (zhì yù)、愈合 (yù hé)、愈来愈 (yù lái yù)
Meaning Index
Chinese characters meaning "heal"
Learn Chinese characters with the meaning "heal", including 愈 (yù), 愈 (yù). Study pinyin, English meanings, traditional forms, common words, and examples.
How to Study This Meaning Group
The English word "heal" covers 2 different Chinese characters — 愈 (yù), 愈 (yù) — and each is its own word with its own feel. These 2 characters happen to share the reading yù, so lean on the words and written forms to tell them apart. The example sentences further down show how 愈 and the others are actually used, so you learn them in context rather than as a single translation.
- 愈 yùheal; the more...the more; to recover; better; healUseful words: 治愈, 愈合
- 愈 yùheal; the more...the more; to recover; better; healUseful words: 治愈, 愈合
Common words for these 2 "heal" characters
Anchor each of these 2 characters in a word you can picture — start with 愈 (yù) — so "heal" turns into concrete usage instead of a one-to-one translation.
See each character in a sentence
Each character below is shown in a short example sentence with pinyin and an English translation — the quickest way to feel the difference between the 2 ways to say "heal".
愈 yù — heal; the more...the more; to recover; better; heal
他的伤口已经慢慢愈合了。Tā de shāng kǒu yǐ jīng màn màn yù hé le.His wound has slowly healed.
Common words: 治愈 (zhì yù)、愈合 (yù hé)、愈来愈 (yù lái yù)
All 2 characters
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